Faculty

Profile

James N. Kienitz Wilkins is a filmmaker and artist. His films and videos have screened widely at international film festivals and arts venues including Berlin, Toronto, New York, Locarno, Rotterdam, CPH:DOX, Film at Lincoln Center, BAM, MoMA, Tate Modern, and beyond. In 2017, he was included in the Whitney Biennial. Solo exhibitions include Gasworks (London, 2018), Spike Island (Bristol, UK, 2019) and Kunsthalle Winterthur (Switzerland, 2019). Retrospectives of his work have been presented at RIDM (Montreal, 2017) and Metrograph cinema (NYC, 2024).

Degrees Held

BFA, The Cooper Union School of Art

Recent Publications

Feature-length

Still Film (2023)

The Plagiarists (2019)

Common Carrier (2017)

The Republic (2017)

Public Hearing (2012)

Research Interests

Screenwriting, experimental narrative, docufiction, cinematography, sound design, artist film

Awards And Honors

Premieres (selected)

• Museum of Modern Art: Doc Fortnight 2023/4
• Visions du Réel 2023
• New Directors/New Films 2019
• Berlin International Film Festival 2019
• Toronto International Film Festival 2019
• Tate Modern 2018
• BAMcinemaFest 2017
• Whitney Biennial 2017
• Locarno International Film Festival 2016
• International Film Festival Rotterdam 2016
• New York Film Festival 2015
• CPH:DOX 2012

Awards (selected)

• Sarasota Film Festival: Terry Porter Visionary Award 2019
• Chicago Underground Film Festival: William Greaves Award 2019
• Tacoma Film Festival: Best Narrative Screenplay & Best Narrative Director 2019
• Indie Memphis Festival: Departures Best Feature Award 2017
• Kazuko Trust Award, Film Society of Lincoln Center 2016
• Curtocircuíto International Film Festival: EXPLORA Short Film Award 2016
• 25 FPS Experimental Film and Video Festival: Grand Prix 2015
• Ann Arbor Film Festival: George Manupelli Founder's Spirit Award 2015